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1) Baal
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A woman gives birth to a child whose evilness threatens all mankind Mary Kate is an ordinary woman: a waitress in a diner, stuck in a loveless marriage to an English-major-turned-cabbie. But whoever assaults her in a New York City alley is far from ordinary. As the man's icy grip burns her skin, she couldn't grasp the dark fate that awaits her. The rape leaves her carrying a child, who she and her husband name Jeffrey. As they try to live as a family,...
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Novel (123,100 words)
Genre(s): Historical Fantasy, Erotic Action/Adventure, Triad, Gay
Sheltered and lonely, Jon's life changes drastically when a strange ship sails into the harbour of his small port town one day. Trapped between the possessive pirate captain and his murderous first mate, he must learn to adapt or he will lose himself completely. An epic tale of love, treachery and revelation, this first instalment of the Baal's Heart series brings...
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Reunited once more, the crew of Baal's Heart must make the long and treacherous journey south to the towering spires of the Devil's Isles. The path through the mountain range is fraught with peril; mayhem and tragedy plague the pirate ship, but what the men find beyond the spires is the most shocking of all. In this sequel to the acclaimed Caged, the pirates are dragged into a dangerous new world by Captain Baltsaros's all-consuming obsession. In...
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With the captain's mind in shambles, Jon and Tom set out to find the passage home through the black mountain range, hoping to find a cure for Baltsaros's madness. However, when the men are forced to part ways, darkness takes root in the schism created; fate, lust, and vengeance become obsessions threatening to tear apart the fragile bonds holding the three together. Following on the heels of Sacrificed, Fated takes the pirates on a quest to find those...
7) Sons of Baal
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The men of the 7th Baalite Guard are left fighting a losing rear guard action on a distant planet, at the last moment their ship 'Forgestriker' is forced to evacuate the wounded. Once in space their problems begin as they find the ships steering is so damaged they are doomed to head for dead space.
9) Baal
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Criterion collection volume 914
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1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (10 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
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"Volker Schlöndorff transported Bertolt Brecht's 1918 debut play to contemporary West Germany for this vicious experiment in adaptation, seldom seen for nearly half a century. Oozing with brutish charisma, Rainer Werner Fassbinder embodies the eponymous anarchist poet, who feels that bourgeois society has rejected him and sets off on a schnapps-soaked rampage. Hewing faithfully to Brecht's text, Schlöndorff juxtaposes the theatricality of the prose...
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"The most puzzling aspect of Rosalinda Evelyn's suicide was that she shot herself with a in the head with a Magnum 8mm automatic just five hours after having won the Critics' Choice award for beat actress." In his most bizarre case, Anglo Indian Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Mick Chandra and his partner, Hong Kong-born Elizabeth Change, face the challenge of exposing a sex and suicide cult, the Oracle of Baal, which persuades its clients that death...
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There Isn't a Soul on the Planet This Spirit Hasn't Touched
Baal, the god-demon among demons, is running rampant today, destroying relationships in homes and at work. Have you had friends suddenly betray you for no reason and with no remorse? Do you know someone who is never there when you need them? Is that boss at work treacherous and untrustworthy? Today, even Christians are betraying Christians. These are not just personality traits or people...
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The Jewish philosopher Martin Buber spoke directly to the most profound human concerns in all his works, including his discussions of Hasidism, a mystical-religious movement founded in Eastern Europe by Israel ben Eliezer, called the Baal-Shem (the Master of God's Name). Living in the first part of the eighteenth century in Podolia and Wolhynia, the Baal-Shem braved scorn and rejection from the rabbinical establishment and attracted followers from...
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Working in the hospital and prison ministry, I had the opportunity to meet the country's most feared criminal. He was a cult leader with forty churches all around the country. A group of us would go to the prison every Wednesday and were, allowed to have, church for one hour.
God used me to witness, to this black, Jewish person who did not, believe in Jesus, but knew the Old Testament very well. He proclaimed to be their King. With the help of God...
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Follow the Baal Shem Tov on a journey through Eastern Europe during the 17th century, as he changes the soured face of Judaism into a celebration of life. In this collection of vignettes from tales by the Baal Shem Tov, viewers visit poor Jewish families who find hope in their spirituality, not because of their religious acts, but because of their human kindness. This beautifully handcrafted stop motion feature brings these tales for families of all...
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For over sixty years, some of the most powerful essays written by Rav Yehuda Ashlag, known as Baal HaSulam (Owner of the Ladder) for his Sulam (Ladder) commentary on The Book of Zohar, have been sealed and concealed. In some, the text has become indiscernible and the letters barely readable. In some, the text has been, torn and some was lost. For this reason, ellipses are quite common, either because the original text is incomplete, or because it...
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When traveling, the great Kabbalist, Rav Yehuda Ashlag would write to his students, providing them with guidance and encouragement. This compilation contains letters that reveal the special relationships cultivated between the great teacher and his students. Their unique style and tone offer inspiration and guidance to any seeker of spiritual advancement. Now that they are out, it is unclear how we could perceive spiritual advancement without them....
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Bertolt Bretcht, the creator of epic theatre. Titles in this study guide include The Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Good Woman Of Setzuan, Galileo, Mother Courage, The Measures Taken, St. Joan Of The Stockyards, The Threepenny Opera, A Man's A Man, In The Swamp, and Baal.
As a playwright, theatre director, and poet of the nineteenth and twentieth-centuries,...
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